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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Hectares.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It was not last year. It was a number of years ago.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It would-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is because Fine Gael is putting out a signal that people can burn.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister started it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Organic Farming Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will reopen the organic farming scheme; his plans for organic farming here; and the percentage of produce here that is organically grown. [18437/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Organic Farming Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We are advertising the country by means of the Origin Green programme, which is right as we have the potential to be a really green agricultural country, but that is not helped by the fact that when it comes to the league table for organic production we are second last in Europe. That beggars belief in a period when, according to a recent assessment by Bord Bia, the market is growing by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Organic Farming Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the consultation which I saw on the website, although we must be quick as people are waiting. It is difficult to make a contribution to the consultation when one does not know the Minister's views. The Minister of State outlined that 1.7% of land in this country is in organic production at the moment. The average in the European Union is 7%. Does he think we should have that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Organic Farming Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Has the Minister of State a view on what our level of ambition should be? If the Minister of State opened an unencumbered scheme tomorrow, as he stated, he would see ten times that number applying. There are real questions as to how we would do it to develop horticulture and tillage, as well as beef and sheep, which have been particularly popular up to this point. In any consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the roll-out of automatic number plate recognition cameras in Dublin city (details supplied); the timeline for the further roll-out of same; the proposed locations for the cameras; and the number of different types of vehicles found breaking traffic signals in 2017. [18393/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Maritime Spatial Planning (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe and process for the introduction of new marine protected areas. [18438/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the streamlined approval process for the approval of local authority housing by his Department; the number of occasions or stages of approval required by his Department's process; and the main stages and length of time it takes from site selection to tenant handover. [18447/18]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Amendments Nos. 10, 16, 23 and 24 have been ruled out of order, which I do not understand. The amendments relate to the function of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, in terms of managing the risks from radon, which is a radiological protection risk. I understand that an amendment which does not relate to the purpose of the Bill may be ruled out of order but the aforementioned...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: How can I appeal this ruling? This is not an insignificant issue. In fact, it is probably the most significant issue in terms of radiological protection risks. It is estimated that there are 200 lives-----

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: As I have to be in the Dáil Chamber to deal with parliamentary questions to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, I will not be here for the whole meeting. I would welcome the opportunity to meet the Chairman and-or the departmental officials with a view discussing how the amendments could be resubmitted on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: As I may not be here when the relevant section is reached, I will follow up the possibility of resubmitting them on Report Stage with the Bills Office and with the Chairman, as suggested. It beggars belief that they have been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 3:In page 9, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“and (iv) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (k):"(l) to report annually to the Oireachtas on the implementation of the National Radon Control Strategy or any successor strategy.",". I will broaden the point I made earlier. One of our concerns is that we are not paying...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I listened with intent to the Minister. I was slightly confused because he said at the start it is not possible to accept this amendment because the radon strategy reports are not statutory and therefore we cannot have a statutory provision. At the end he says he is willing to lay the reports he has to hand before the Oireachtas, which in a sense is exactly what we are looking to do with...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I will press the amendment.